We can do better: Recommendations for mental health crisis care

Emerg Med Australas · Nov 2024

We can do better: Recommendations for mental health crisis care from people with lived experience.

The ED is increasingly the first point of contact for people who have no alternative when they are in a mental health crisis. However, there is mounting evidence of inadequate and negative responses to mental health crises in the ED, which has been identified as a 'human rights flashpoint'. ⋯ These key messages arise from a phenomenological analysis of in-depth interviews with 31 users of ED services, a PhD study conducted by a lived experience researcher. The paper concludes with six recommendations that combine collective wished-for responses with tangible examples of how these desired responses can be translated into crisis care practice.

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- Helena Roennfeldt, Helen Glover, Calista Castles, Cath Roper, Nicole Hill, Louise Byrne, and Bridget E Hamilton.
- Centre for Mental Health Nursing, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- Emerg Med Australas. 2024 Nov 6.
AbstractThe ED is increasingly the first point of contact for people who have no alternative when they are in a mental health crisis. However, there is mounting evidence of inadequate and negative responses to mental health crises in the ED, which has been identified as a 'human rights flashpoint'. This paper presents the desired crisis support from people who have accessed the ED in a mental health crisis and offers significant opportunities to use lived experience knowledge to reshape crisis care. These key messages arise from a phenomenological analysis of in-depth interviews with 31 users of ED services, a PhD study conducted by a lived experience researcher. The paper concludes with six recommendations that combine collective wished-for responses with tangible examples of how these desired responses can be translated into crisis care practice.© 2024 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine.

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